Drop support for Python < 3.8

[noissue]

Author: David Davis

.ci/ansible/Containerfile.j2

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN pip3 install \
 
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/nginx/pulp/
 {% for item in plugins %}
-RUN ln /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/{{ item.name }}/app/webserver_snippets/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/pulp/{{ item.name }}.conf || true
+RUN ln /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/{{ item.name }}/app/webserver_snippets/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/pulp/{{ item.name }}.conf || true
 {% endfor %}
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/init"]

.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ echo "Checking for uncommitted migrations..."
 cmd_prefix bash -c "django-admin makemigrations --check --dry-run"
 
 # Run unit tests.
-cmd_prefix bash -c "PULP_DATABASES__default__USER=postgres django-admin test --noinput /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pulp_python/tests/unit/"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "PULP_DATABASES__default__USER=postgres django-admin test --noinput /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pulp_python/tests/unit/"
 
 # Run functional tests
 export PYTHONPATH=$REPO_ROOT:$REPO_ROOT/../pulpcore${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}

setup.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="GPLv2+",
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     author="Pulp Project Developers",
     author_email="pulp-list@redhat.com",
     url="https://www.pulpproject.org",
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
         "Framework :: Django",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     ),
     entry_points={"pulpcore.plugin": ["pulp_python = pulp_python:default_app_config", ]},
 )